The Supply Side Of Security: A Market Theory Of Military Alliances (studies In Asian Security)
by Tongfi Kim /
2016 / English / PDF
10 MB Download
The Supply Side of Security
The Supply Side of Security conceptualizes military
alliances as contracts for exchanging goods and services. At the
international level, the market for these contracts is shaped by
how many countries can supply security.
conceptualizes military
alliances as contracts for exchanging goods and services. At the
international level, the market for these contracts is shaped by
how many countries can supply security.
Tongfi Kim identifies the supply of policy concessions and
military commitments as the main factors that explain the
bargaining power of a state in a potential or existing alliance.
Additionally, three variables of a state's domestic politics
significantly affect its negotiating power: whether there is
strong domestic opposition to the alliance, whether the state's
leader is pro-alliance, and whether that leader is vulnerable.
Kim then looks beyond existing alliance literature, which focuses
on threats, to produce a deductive theory based on analysis of
how the global power structure and domestic politics affect
alliances. As China becomes stronger and the U.S. military budget
shrinks,
Tongfi Kim identifies the supply of policy concessions and
military commitments as the main factors that explain the
bargaining power of a state in a potential or existing alliance.
Additionally, three variables of a state's domestic politics
significantly affect its negotiating power: whether there is
strong domestic opposition to the alliance, whether the state's
leader is pro-alliance, and whether that leader is vulnerable.
Kim then looks beyond existing alliance literature, which focuses
on threats, to produce a deductive theory based on analysis of
how the global power structure and domestic politics affect
alliances. As China becomes stronger and the U.S. military budget
shrinks,The Supply Side of Security
The Supply Side of Security shows that these
countries should be understood not just as competing threats, but
as competing security suppliers.
shows that these
countries should be understood not just as competing threats, but
as competing security suppliers.
